The great Soccer Players
Nicknamed the Black Spider for his choice of dark head-to-toe attire, Lev Yashin not only revolutionised goalkeeping fashion, he also changed the role of the No.1 forever. Whereas keepers had previously been restricted to silently standing on the goalline, Yashin pioneered the practice of barking at defenders and rushing out of the six-yard box to intercept crosses and thwart oncoming attackers. It was an approach which made him a star of the first ever televised World Cup in 1958 and helped the Soviet Union pick up a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics and the inaugural European Championships in 1960. The only goalkeeper ever to win the Ballon d’Or, the Dynamo Moscow mainstay also kept over 270 clean sheets and saved an astonishing 150 penalties during a near-psychic 22-year career.
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